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The world is becoming extremely narrow, as sharp bone spurs rise from under the feet, asphalt-like sticky filth drips as black blood vessels weave an overwhelming network.

Gabriel caught Loki who almost fell off the curved pontoon. He did not die because it was just a sacrificial ceremony. He was a pilgrim and he walked into the reflection of the Tree of Life. A mental beacon, as long as Loki can successfully walk out of this maze, he will not be destroyed physically and mentally.

The pure white tattered robe disappeared into ashes, and Gabriel now had nothing but the Leviathan blade in his hand and the dark wings behind his back. He raised his head and looked at the blurry silhouettes outlined by the dripping dirt between the spiderweb-like black blood vessels around him.

That is the shadow of the world, that is another reality looking up from below.

People are screaming and running, the city is burning, and on the broken streets, the dead stare with confused eyes. When the blood cuts their faces, they also cut the whole world.

"Are we really in?" Loki finally regained his composure. With Gabriel holding one of his legs, he carefully looked around at the root of this extremely weird world in an upside-down state.

"We are in Lilit's belly, at the root of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. She has swallowed up part of the image of existence. She is the beginning of chaos. Below her is endless darkness." Gabriel looked sideways at the ribs. The dark abyss under the curved dark bone bridge, "In Tartarus, under the sacred mountain of Patara, His Majesty Yama, the two parts of the soul of this chaotic demon are sealed, but she is immortal, as long as light exists , she will exist.”

"Twenty-two paths, we were thrown to the end without knowing it?" Loki curled his lips, "Speaking of which... your luck is still as bad as ever, Lord Gabriel! The seed of life you planted Damn, you once killed these chaos demons, but now you are fooled by the gift of life you gave! You are really... ugh!"

Before Loki finished speaking, Gabriel had already thrown it on the dark bridge. Loki's jaw hit it hard and he almost bit his tongue off.

"This is the result of my deliberate choice, Loki. Remember, this is like a mirror. We are in the path of darkness. We walk in shadows. Even if you are close to the upper point of matter, you cannot truly reach the realm of life. The crown of the tree." Gabriel's face turned frosty. He was becoming more and more like the arrogant and cold archangel he once was, even though his chest was still a black hole. "Lilit is hidden under the throne. You know what this means. What is she talking about? What she is devouring is the tenth source of matter. She destroys existence, and she is connected to the endless darkness. You and I are both extraordinary. I sacrificed your divinity. It was the light of the source that brought us here. .”

"But we are still at the bottom!" Loki climbed up and rubbed his chin. He had never entered here. This is a forbidden place that the gods cannot reach, and those legends will always be just legends. "Don't we have to go up? Walk?"

"Our goal is to enter the Tree of Life and touch the spirit of existence. And I am Gabriel. I give wisdom to all things. I created the foundation of creation. The path we want to find is the shadow corresponding to the 'Foundation' of the Tree of Life. We have to enter the body of the two-faced serpent Gamaliel and Nahasiel. It is the destroyer of the foundation. It is the price of the end of creation. It is the one that shatters the divine waves and scatters the dark fragments of magic. Between the universes.”

"I thought Gamaliel was a sorcerer, but he is actually a Chaos Demon?" Loki asked in surprise, "The double-faced snake... So is Hasiel his true identity?"

Gabriel was already walking on the bone bridge at this time. He took careful steps while paying attention to the dirty and blurry silhouette world around him. "It's like human nature, Loki. The transformation of good and evil is in creation." You should be very clear about the impact it will have on the material world, you always play games like this, don’t you?”

"Ha! You seem to be starting to regain your memory!" Loki followed Gabriel and carefully stepped on the spot where Gabriel walked. He didn't want to fall into the endless darkness. An ending more terrifying than death and madness, "The Blade of Leviathan connects you to the reflection of the Tree of Life, right? And through this shadow, you glimpsed the past like a mirror and a moon in the mirror! Or... you Are you playing your own image through the path you are taking now?"

Gabriel immediately twisted his body and grabbed Loki's neck as fast as he could. His dark and gloomy eyes glared at the foul-mouthed god of fraud and said word by word, "I am not the road." Sypha, I am not Michael! Believe me, I am the most amiable of the three archangels in creation! But that doesn’t mean you won’t die in my hands, Loki! The joke is over , do you understand?"

Loki stuck out his tongue and shrugged.

Gabriel let go of his hand and turned around again to find his way. This may seem like a smooth road, but it's not. In every hidden path lies unexpected malice and traps, for this is a shell of scattering, a world parodied by the shadows of light. Their essence is the lava of sin and the filth of chaos, where lies and hypocritical decorations abound. They will block your progress in various ways, or lead you astray.

The only trick is to head towards the area with the least sediment.

Through the dirty silhouette-like images around him, we can get some clues that can help us grasp the direction.

hope.

Yes, hope is a signpost.

Those desperate worlds, those destructive endings that can sink your soul under lies can drive any mortal crazy, and can also drain the origin of existence from their souls. Only the firmest faith can make you see the truth behind the lies. Above the killings and desperate destruction, there will always be the light of life blooming.

Gabriel can now clearly see those brilliant lights of life. Even if it is short-lived, he still will not ignore the moment when good thoughts shine. He passed under the silhouette of a man who desperately saved two people. He passed in front of a mother who had lost her child but walked out of the ruins with two orphans. Those dark blood vessels paused and closed, and the narrow passage pointed to The only path Gabriel had to take.

The archangel's will continued to grow stronger, and he remembered more. He was no longer afraid, no longer cowardly, and he seemed to have received divine grace again.

Is this part of Father's great plan? Does he want me to witness the suffering of mortals in this way?

Gabriel still couldn't figure out God's thoughts, but he knew that if he could succeed, he might be able to see God's true thoughts.

The lies and malice are fading away, and those dirty pictures have become clear and stable. The black silhouettes are no longer there, and the colors and pure white light are gradually returning.

But those are still false lights, they are still just scattered shells, shells that have not settled.

that's enough.

Gabriel suddenly stopped.

"Ah..." Loki exclaimed behind Gabriel, "This is the reflection of the Garden of Eden! That's the tree of wisdom, right?"

Gabriel raised his head and looked at the bleak world. In the center of a strange, swaying light blue garden, a twisted giant tree grew bare.

They succeeded in reaching the shadow of the Ninth Sephiroth, and they saw the tree that Gabriel had created.

Gabriel took two steps and walked around the tree alone. It was a dark reflection, but the outline was still very familiar.

"Brother..." Gabriel frowned slightly, and for a moment he thought it was Lucifer.

"It's so interesting that the great Gabriel would actually look for a broken dream!" The dark human figure raised its head, and a crescent-like gap opened on its dark and dirty face, as if smiling.

"Gamaliel, swallow the chaos of creation." Gabriel tightened his grip on the Leviathan blade in his hand, while Loki shrank his neck and hid behind Gabriel.

"Stop it here, Gabriel! You have lost everything!" The Chaos Demon Gamariel said proudly with his hands behind his back, "Your power now belongs to darkness, and I come from there! I am in This place is stronger than you! You cannot reach the upper level through here! You are just playing the shadow of your past! You are no longer an archangel! You, like those mortals, will be my sacrifice!"

"We'll see!" Gabriel said expressionlessly.